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Camps can be great when you have a plan. I loved the games when the entire camp played together and building forts in the forest for hours and I loved coming home. Talk to your kid, listen and together everyone will have a great summer.

Today is the last day I will be a high school student. On June 22,2017 I wrote my last exam and my high school career has now officially ended. This made me want to stop and share a bit about how I feel right now before the big event.
Tonight I graduate
I did it. Against all odds including being kicked out of school in...

If you're wondering whether spending time with video games and online friends is a good idea, they're actually more helpful for ADHD kids than you may think.
The internet gives us a place to make friends where we are not judged.
One of my closest friends is in California -- a 2-day drive from where I live. He's a best bud. We met...

My experience of having ADHD comes with forever losing things. In grade 7, my teacher was so angry that I forgot my pencil she would send me to the office and eventually I was kicked out of her class and eventually that school. I had been to the office 24 times in 3 months.

It's finally summer, even though the weather may not always feel like it for me here in Langley. While summer is exciting at first, it can get boring.
While school is out, sometimes it's hard to know what to do with all my time. I think the worst mistake ADHD Kids can make is letting themselves get bored, unmotivated and depressed...

Most kids struggle to save money. It's hard for us to see the big picture and how saving now will be worth it when we get older.
ADHD can be an added challenge when trying to address kids' typical poor spending habits. When we want something now, we want it now! (Am I right?)
When we're growing up, kids are often asked if our...

What's all this hype about Pokemon GO??
If you haven't started playing Pokemon GO already then you need to fix that. It is an amazing excuse to go outside and do some exploring.
For anyone who doesn't know, Pokemon GO is a mobile game where you basically walk around your neighbourhood catching Pokemon. It's as simple as that. It's a...

Listen in as two ADHD Kids share what they think about living with it. This conversation happened last year on ADHDKidsRock.com.
I want to share this with the community so parents understand what's really going on. Names have been changed to protect our identities.
MY name is Keran. I have ADHD. It really isn't fun. No one knows i...

My confidence level is changing this year and for the first time in forever I'm starting to feel like I fit in and have some control over my own life. It started slowly and like a warm blanket and I'm really liking the feeling.

Here's a really fun post from one of our readers -- 8-year-old Trinity ADHD. You'll see she's learned a thing or two about being confident in herself.
If you want to share your ADHD story with us, please email me at jeff@adhdkidsrock.com. We love sharing the stories we get from ADHD Kids and families.
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I am 8 years old...

Yah! It's finally Spring Break and I have big plans.
I had a bunch of friends over to start the break.
For the next several days, I am going to stop working on my blog, stop working on my school work, and focus on taking some serious time off.
Ahh... the good life. :)
I know some of you have breaks at different points in...

Sometimes my team connects with amazing people through my website. Recently, we were contacted by Claire Gammon -- a young ADD fashion blogger and model. She's been blogging for just over a year, and it's opened up other opportunities for her.

Claire hopes to inspire other ADHD Kids to step just a little out of their comfort zones and write about their passion.

A couple of weeks ago, I was so stressed out at school that I left right in the middle of the day.
Gone. Home.
Have you ever felt so stressed, bored or frustrated at school that you were going to explode? Going home was literally my last resort strategy, but I just couldn't handle it anymore. I didn't have an angry explosion,...

Life is hard and it may not always be ok, but if you have hope, and keep moving forward, you'll find life can be a pretty great thing.
After being bullied at school, Mikaylee had the courage to tell someone. She was able to find a better school to move to.

Check out this blog from a student of Bridges Middle School - an independent school in Portland Oregon that works with kids who have learning differences.
In this post, Hunter tells us how he uses his ADHD to become a better ski racer.

Hey, and Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends.
I hope you'll write me some comments and tell me what you're thankful for. What's made a difference in your world this year?
I'm thankful for YOU. And I wouldn't have had a chance to connect with so many of you if no one had cared to ask me what my own dream was.
So I'm...

On Tuesday we were playing a stupid game called "Knuckles." The game was dumb and we should have considered our environment before playing it.
I ended up making a big mistake and getting into trouble at school. Again.
But this time it was different. Here's what happened.

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Welcome to ADHD Kids Rock, a home for all things supporting kids with ADHD. I say "Everyone is normal. Being abnormal is an illusion". I'm Jeff Rasmussen, the author and publisher of the site.

Hang out with me here to share your experience of what is great and challenging about living with ADHD. Together we are strong. I share strategies and stories for Kids, Parents, Teachers, Adults and others on the topic of living peacefully with ADHD.